C89.5 Coping 101 Podcast Partnership - Forefront Suicide Prevention

Coping 101 is an award-winning student-led podcast from c89.5 in partnership with Seattle Children’s, 4Culture and other community-minded partners, where high school hosts get real about mental health. Forefront is partnering with C89.5 to produce four episodes focused on on supporting suicide prevention in at-risk communities.

Latest Episode

Teens at the Day of Hope Summit

For this special episode of Coping 101, we attended Forefront Suicide Prevention’s Day of Hope Summit, where high school student leaders from around the Puget Sound sat down to share their WHY‘s for joining in this life-saving work, what they’re doing to help themselves and their peers, and ways that adults can maintain effective mental health conversations with young people.

Coping 101: Allyship w/ Seattle Men's Chorus – Coping 101

"The CDC reports that queer youth attempt suicide at nearly three times the rate of their straight peers. About half of all queer youth report recent symptoms of depression… but there's a ray of hope. You know what stops these numbers cold? A voice. Not my voice, not our voice: your voice. When a queer kid feels threatened, or ashamed, or isolated, one expression of reassurance, kindness or support, from a non-queer peer seems so little, but that can save a life." Seattle Men's Chorus travelled to Mercer Island High and Middle Schools with a message of Allyship that resonated off the walls of the auditorium and beyond. Seattle Men's Chorus artistic director, Paul Caldwell, joins Coping 101, along with students from Mercer Island High School, to share the impact that straight allies and peers can create in the journey towards love and acceptance. Coping 101 is an award-winning student-led podcast from c89.5, presented in partnership with Seattle Children's, Forefront Suicide Prevention, and other community-minded partners, where Seattle area high school students get real about mental health. Through honest conversations with peers, Artists and behavioral health professionals, they break down stigma and share tools for coping with life's challenges — because no matter your age or background, we all struggle sometimes, and there are healthy ways to cope. Find more c89.5 podcasts at c895.org/podcast Seattle Men's and Women's Chorus: https://www.seattlechoruses.org/ Seattle Men's Chorus Upcoming Events: https://www.seattlechoruses.org/seattle-mens-chorus-current-season/ SMC on social: https://www.instagram.com/seattle.mens.chorus/ KOMO News "New program uses music, student storytelling to tackle bullying against LGBTQ community": https://komonews.com/news/arc-seattle/new-program-uses-music-student-storytelling-to-tackle-bullying-against-lgbtq-community

Past Episodes Featuring Forefront

Charlene Ray discusses grief

While it looks different for every one of us, the journey of grief is all of ours to eventually navigate. Grief Guide, Clinical Social Worker, Writer and Therapist Charlene Ray shares insights from a three-decade career in Grief Counseling, including ways to prepare for the difficult traversal, tools that can help us have a healthy relationship with those we’ve lost and with grief itself, and how the natural world can be a healing companion.